SOLVIEW, DVIEW/CLIP and SOLDRAW help

[RFurball]

I have a model I need to demension. The hidden lines are too busy so I need to remove some of them. My steps to accomplish this were:

 

1) I used SOLVIEW to create a side view

2) I used DVIEW and CLIP to show the lines I want

3) I then used SOLDRAW to create the flat drawing.

 

The SOLDRAW command did not work as I expected. In some views the hidden lines that CLIP took out appeared. Other views there was no output at all.

 

Any ideas what I did wrong or what commands I need to do to accomplish my task?

 

For now I will have to manually delete the hidden lines I do not want.

[ReMark]

Do you really want a side view or would a section be better suited?

[RFurball]

I need top view and 4 side views. Each side has details I need to dimension (holes). I probably need a section view too but I probably can just dimension the hidden lines.